"HELL HAS WHAT THE CHURCH NEEDS"

Luke 16:19-31

What every Church needs and what every Born Again Believer needs is.....

1. VISION ....vs23

 

We need a vision for the lost. 

A vision of hell.

 Proverbs 29:18.....Where there is no vision the people perish! 

We need a vision for what God can do through us. A vision about our life.

We need a vision about this church that God has placed us in.

Not a vision of feel good Christianity......but a vision for the work of God in this church.

Acts 16:16-21 Paul and Silas turned the city upside down.

2. TEARS ....vs24

Tears of Compassion 

Now is the time to have compassion....Love

Tears of Repentance

Now is the time to confess our sin.

Tears of Regret

The rich man found that out but it was too late.

3. REMEMBRANCE ....vs25

 Never forget where we came from....remembering will help us to make the right decisions concerning our souls and the souls of others. 

The Christian life is a life of decisions. It begins with a decision.....To believe......

To serve God or man...... the rich man chose "the pleasures of sin for a season."..... Lazarus chose what really mattered, the things of God

We cannot undo past mistakes or sins but we can give the pieces of our life to God and see the wonders that God can do with those pieces.

4. SEPARATION ....vs26

From evil......

God is a God of separation. One of the keys to spiritual maturity is that when God reveals truth to you in the Word of God....you obey it.

From compromise.....

Love God but hate sin. Don’t try to love both God and sin.

5. PRAYER ....vs27

Here is a man praying for the lost. God works in response to man’s prayers. Man’s prayers for the lost fulfill the plan of God.

6. MISSIONS ....vs27

The rich man in Hell wanted to send out missionaries.

7. CONCERN ....vs28

We need a concern that people don’t go to this place of torment and anguish called Hell.

Hell is a place of remorse and despair when they see the perfect joy of God

Hell is a place of abhorrence of the very evil that they had loved.

Hell is a place of eternal desire for freedom.

Hell is a place of memory of lost opportunities.

Hell is a place of regret over deeds committed.

Hell is a place of absolute hopelessness.

Hell is a place of eternal separation from loved ones.

Hell is a place of fire.

Hell is a place of remorse for not listening to the Word of God.

Hell is a place without opportunity.